I always have a bit of mixed feelings about signing female players because of the reasons which were discussed endlessly in various threads regarding this topic. I don't know much about her, but she sounds like a friendly player. About the PhD: I always had the impression that a lot of gamers are quiet intelligent although some discussions seem to give a wrong picture.
Well, good luck for Maddelisk, I hope we can minimize the whole gender discussion this time.

Edit: To the guy who complained about the fact that this is happening because of the existence of a certain part of the female body: It's ok to address this problem, but one can say that in a more accurate and less disrespectful way.

Diizzy

United States828 Posts

August 31 2012 22:21 GMT

#45

so how do the quantic members control their hormones? maddelisk so hot.

radscorpion9

Canada2252 Posts

August 31 2012 22:34 GMT

#46

She's getting a doctorate in mathematics so she surely loves math...I wonder if joining Quantic is just something for fun to do on the side? I thought being part of a team meant you were seriously interested in winning tournaments. I guess if she can do both at the same time its okay...this girl sounds pretty amazing :O. And she's beautiful. Like the perfect girl

TangSC

Canada1866 Posts

August 31 2012 22:36 GMT

#47

Very exciting

Congrats to Quantic and to Maddelisk!!

AgentChaos

United Kingdom4569 Posts

August 31 2012 22:41 GMT

#48

err...who??

Maxd11

United States680 Posts

August 31 2012 22:46 GMT

#49

On September 01 2012 07:41 AgentChaos wrote:
err...who??

MaddeLisk
are you serious?

gedatsu

1286 Posts

August 31 2012 22:49 GMT

#50

Maddelisk <3

Burns

United States2300 Posts

August 31 2012 22:52 GMT

#51

Good Luck!

Dfgj

Singapore5922 Posts

August 31 2012 22:53 GMT

#52

On September 01 2012 06:28 MisterFred wrote:
Good pickup by Quantic. I wasn't going to post anything initially, but just want to run a little against the rampant misogyny in this thread with a short recap of my initial reaction.

I don't think people are discriminating based on her gender, but rather on her (relative) lack of results compared to other pick-ups from big teams. You don't see the same sort of thing as much for Scarlett, etc.

One hell of an impressive list of personal accomplishments, just wish I knew more about her as a player. If she keeps improving as people say she's been, then hopefully that will happen.

Balgrog

United States1221 Posts

August 31 2012 22:56 GMT

#53

I <3 her, I feel she is one of the only deserving females to be on a team, the rest seem gimmicky.

VTJRaen

United Kingdom238 Posts

August 31 2012 23:19 GMT

#54

This is great news! MaddeLisk is actually a strong player, and signing to a team like Quantic should see her improve. There's always criticism when female players are signed but don't go on to bigger/better things, but you have to look at the fact that female players make up such a tiny percentage of the total pool of pro players, and the vast majority of those pro's will sign with teams and not go on to bigger or better things either.

ChoboDane

Denmark98 Posts

August 31 2012 23:25 GMT

#55

big, big mistake by Quantic. I met her on the ladder recently and she didnt gg when I beat her!

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not that I blame her, my cannonrush was pretty abusive.

Edit: typo

Wortie

Netherlands212 Posts

August 31 2012 23:36 GMT

#56

I met her on ladder a time too, she wasn't really that bad I think. Probably even one of the better females out there. Altough I really feel that if she was a man, she would have to be better at sc2.

edit: Fuck I love chicks with muscles.

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

August 31 2012 23:38 GMT

#57

Congratz to both parties, a doctorate and progaming at the same time, thats sick. And in math to boot, i think i might be in love.

Sub40APM

6336 Posts

August 31 2012 23:44 GMT

#58

On September 01 2012 07:53 Dfgj wrote:

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Scarlett came out of nowhere too, in 2012. So maybe Quantic talent scouting system is now actively looking for new-Scarlett type players, who come out of nowhere, and are randomly good.

Champloo

Germany1850 Posts

August 31 2012 23:44 GMT

#59

I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her.

C0ntrast

Germany96 Posts

August 31 2012 23:49 GMT

#60

wow, Ph.D and SC2 at the same time? seems rough. Fantastic pickup for Quantic tho!